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Surname
WILSON
Forename
Robert
Day
04
Month
09
Year
1936
Age
18
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Barony, No.1 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bairds & Dalmellington Ltd
Location
Auchinleck
County
Ayrshire
Details of Event
4 September 1936: Youth Killed In Pit - Robert Wilson, aged 18, of 37 School Road, Auchinleck, was fatally injured yesterday in the South Rising No.1 Barony Colliery, Auchinleck. He was struck on the head by a rake of loaded hutches, which crushed him against a girder. He was removed to the Bute Hospital, Cumnock, but died a few hours after admission. [Scotsman 5 September 1936]